Low Carbon Vending Services
Market Sounding and call for innovative solutions
March 2014
Market Sounding Response Form
Thank you for your interest in this market sounding exercise concerning a new
vending concessions contract for the University of Sheffield and associated Buyers
Group.
Interested parties from all parts of the supply chain are invited to express their
interest by completing and returning this response form to
vendingservices@sheffield.ac.uk
Deadline for receipt of response 05.09.2014 12:00 Noon
Please read the Market Sounding Prospectus before completing the response form
as fully as possible.
Supplier information and consultation day
A supplier day will be held at the University of Sheffield in October 2014 (date to be
confirmed) to allow interested parties an opportunity to find out more about this
contract.
Please register your interest for participation in the information and
consultation day directly at vendingservices@sheffield.ac.uk
All project documentation can be found on the project web-page:
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/procurement/suppliers-information/vendingservices
PART 1: SUPPLY CHAIN RESPONSE
1. What is your company’s or
organisations area of expertise or
interest?
2. What solutions, goods or
services are currently available
from the supply chain that would
contribute to delivering the
required outcomes?
3. What innovative solutions, goods
or services could become
available from the supply chain
that would enable these
improvements to be made?
4. Are there barriers or problems
(practical, legislative,
commercial, technical etc) that
will need to be overcome?
5. Would a “forward commitment”
be useful in enabling the supply
chain to deliver a solution? What
difference would it make to the
supply chain?
PART TWO: YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS
6. You are invited to add here any
questions, information or
comments you would like to pose
regarding the outcome
requirements.
7. You can supply any additional
information or comments about
the solutions, goods or services
you are proposing here.
PART THREE: YOUR CONTACT AND COMPANY INFORMATION
Name of Organisation or Company
Type of Organisation
Contact person
Position or job title
E-mail address
Postal address
Telephone
Website address
Following market Sounding we will publish a Directory of all interested parties to
facilitate networking and communication within the supply chain.
Add here up to 200 words about your company or organisation that you would like
to be included in the Directory
Do you want to be included in the published Directory of contracts?
We will publish a directory of respondents giving name of organisation and contact
details. If you would prefer your organisation NOT to be included in the directory,
please check this box.☐
How did you hear about this market sounding exercise?
Submitting your response
Important note:
Please note that all information you provide will be used and retained by the
University of Sheffield. This information may be drawn upon both within and beyond
the Higher Education sector. Consolidated contributions from this exercise may be
published in a non-attributable form as part of further market consultation. Your
response should specifically identify areas of proprietary or commercially sensitive
information that you would not wish to be divulged.
Please submit completed forms to vendingservices@sheffield.ac.uk by 12:00 Noon
on the 05.09.2014
Completed by:
Name:
Phone:
Email:
Date:
Thank you for your participation.